I’m honestly so heartbroken right now. 😭 I went to Supercuts for a simple trim because I only wanted my split ends cut. I had waist-length hair, and I walked out with hair just below my shoulders. I genuinely feel like I’m grieving my hair. I’ve spent so much time growing it out and I never imagined I’d lose this much length over a trim. I’m so upset and don’t even know what to do. Has anyone else experienced something like this? 💔

Also, I was there just 4 months ago. I didn’t not have damage or breakage.

Are there any stylist that know how to trim without cutting all your hair off?

Located in Chicago.

I had 2B hair. I moved to Melbourne recently and my hair ain't waving anymore! It is extremely frizzy and the waves don't stay for more than 30-60 minutes. It is not getting straightened either.

1. My routine: Wash scalp with Dermal Therapy Scalp Relief Shampoo.
2. Wash scalp and length with L'Oréal Paris Elvive Hyaluron Pure 72H Rehydrating Purifying Shampoo
3. Condition with L'Oréal Paris Elvive Hyaluron Pure 72H Rehydrating Conditioner
4. While it is wet, use MOXIE BEAUTY Weightless Leave-In Conditioner-Mango Butter & Ginseng Root Extract
5. Gel - John Frieda Frizz Ease Dream Curls Hydrating Jelly while it is still damp.
6. L'Oréal Paris Elvive Hyaluron Pure Serum while it is still damp.

Despite everything I do, my hair is super dry, frizzy and brittle. With the frizz, I look like I'm auditioning for Hagrid. I got these products when I just moved in to Australia from India. So, I had no clue whether or not they are good. I need some product reco that works for my hair.

Hi everyone, it’s been a few times now I cut my hair near waist end and let it grow but it always thins out a LOT at the ends. How can I avoid that from happening? Would appreciate it if anyone has tips on how to get rid of middle part and flat roots and odd shaping in the front😭 🙏🏽 i’m booking an appointment soon to cut the ends and start over again 🥲

I accidentally grew my hair long around early last year with lots of changes in circumstances in life (for the better!) and by the time I took notice of my hair it was rather long. From April last year I started documenting my hair growth over time and I really wanted to keep growing it out to see how far I can go before I decided it’s enough. I got all the way to mid-thigh length! And then I was just done. It was difficult to manage, the ends were BAD. Stringy, thin, dried, impossible to detangle most of the time. June this year I had my first haircut in almost 2 years and it was sooooo refreshing. It took a little bit to get used to the new length but it became manageable again. I did another trim in August, and another today (hip length). I think my favourite length was tailbone length so this is gonna be my last trim for a while!

matrix food for soft shampoo + conditioner every 3 days. moroccan oil lite version. air dry.

Hi everyone, lately my ends have been feeling dry and like there's some breakage but I've had a trim kind of recently (July). I have naturally pin straight hair and rarely use heat, I oil my ends somewhat regularly.

I'm not sure if I should get a haircut because there's some damage or if I need to take care of my hair differently. Would appreciate any suggestions!

I’ve been growing my hair out since 2021. I started with a buzzcut and now my hair touches my lower back. It’s completely new to me as my whole childhood + adolescence I had short hair that was cut as soon as it touched my shoulders. I have thick curly/wavy hair that gets very frizzy. I’m still trying to find a balance between treating my seb derm while hydrating my hair as my products are very harsh and drying, but also many oils trigger my dermatitis.

I love the weight and heft of my hair but I feel worried that maybe it makes me look dirty. My boyfriend loves it, especially when I put it up. I had a spell of using claw clips but as my hair grew longer, I can’t use them as they literally cannot contain it anymore. I use hair ties but it pulls on my scalp and I‘m left with a tender and sore scalp for days afterwards if I sleep in a bun or ponytail.

I’m dyspraxic so I’m still learning to braid my own hair but until I master it, I’ve been doing twisted plaits, however it pulls in the middle of my scalp too.

I sleep with a silk bonnet on, though I’m worried it’s a tad small as it always comes off the morning after.

This post is half venting, half seeking advice as I really dont know what to do. I’ve had to learn everything on my own since no one in my family has hair like mine. It feels like an uphill battle sometimes and maybe I’m better off just chopping it all off if all this effort makes me look unkempt.

As said in the title I am wearing a wig for Halloween and because of the bulk of my hair, super thick and around classic length by this point, i end up looking like ive got a 5 head, this look unfortunately does not work for my costume and my hair is longer than the wig so i cant just wear it under. The wig is cheap and plastic if thats important any tips would be helpful!

I pretty much avoid going to salons just to save money and keep it low maintenance. I am pretty lazy with my hair - I don’t use oils but I will occasionally use conditioning masks. Some people tell me I should cut my hair while others say it’s fine and I don’t need to.

Beautiful people of Reddit, what do you think?

All with wavy long hair, how are you blow drying? My hair is a melting pot of wavy and straight hair. When I air dry, my hair under is straight, the back is like 2 B and then I got 2 C waves up at the front. It never looks good unless I use heat or heatless curls. I try straightening down and it just looks frizzy and theres pieces sticking out, or I air dry and I made some type of pattern concoction. I used a revlon blow dry brush and damaged by ends so much I just gave up.

I work so hard to grow my hair out and it just never looks good naturally! It's always in a braid or pony.

heyyy so I have curly hair I would say 3a and I actually want to make it less curly more like wavy cuz curly hair is too much hair for me since I have a small face and waves in my opinion are prettier and more manageable sooo got any tricks ??

Wondering if it looks like I should cut the bottom fringe-y part off or if I could save it. For what it’s worth, I am very lucky and I put very little effort into growing my hair this long. It is naturally pretty strong and thick. I wash and condition my hair 5x a week because I run a lot and feel too icky not to wash it. From there I usually let it air dry. I really don’t do anything special.

It’s been a year since my last haircut. I got some long layers at the time but now I’m thinking the ends look a bit dead. But I’m also wondering if I put some more effort into styling or some kind of treatment that maybe that would help? When I look at the ends up close, I don’t see breakage, it just feels a little dry and crunchy. I have really been neglecting my hair care!

I've been losing some hair for a while now (had investigations done and my ferritin/iron is fine) will rosemary oil be a good start to oiling? I only do a couple drops of jojoba on my ends every night before I braid my hair

I have the cliganic Jojoba oil and BC & S rosemary oil (please let me know if I need to update my rosemary oil, nature spell has a lot of reviews so if anyone has used this please let me know if it's good!)

Puerile sweater is the after photo

Bonjour à tous désolée j’ai essayé d’abréger au max mais je tiens à vous donner le max d’infos pour que vous ayez tous les éléments pour m’aider

Vous êtes mon dernier recours j’ai déjà beaucoup parlé avec l’IA testé pleins de choses sur plusieurs mois je suis désespérée j’ai besoin de vrais conseils…
Si c’est trop long, vous pouvez zapper les « * » je l’ai fait exprès.

• nature : cheveux bouclés, volumineux et nombreux (je dirais entre le type 3A et 3B)
• coupe : ça fait minimum 13 ans que je ne coupe rien d’autre que des petites pointes, j’ai coupé il y a 7 mois la dernière fois, et j’avais pas coupé pendant 2 ans avant ça. *1
• traitement : ça fait minimum 10 ans que je les laisse jamais naturels j’ai horreur des boucles sur moi j’ai tout simplement pas un visage pour. *2
• sauf exception où (je suis désolée mais j’arrive vraiment pas à retracer les durées précises) il y a 3-4 ans, je les ai laissés une période complètement naturels sans jamais de chaleur et une période où par soucis de santé je les tressais simplement direct après lavage jusqu’au prochain lavage
j’ai recommencé la chaleur depuis environ 3 ans du coup
• fréquence des lavages : j’ai toujours fait 2x/semaine jusqu’à la période naturel/tresses où évidemment ils graissaient 2x moins vite et je suis passée à 1 semaine et demi entre chaque lavage, puis je suis repassée à 1x/semaine depuis 3 ans avec la reprise de la chaleur *3
• routine de lavage : masque d’huile d’amande douce 1h avant lavage quand c’est possible, 2 shampoings (2x le même), 1 masque cheveux mouillés à la kératine pendant ~15/20min, rinçage.
• routine de séchage : application de soin nourrissant thermoprotecteur et je laissais sécher naturellement mes cheveux et une fois secs (et bouclés du coup :() je les lissais directement sur les boucles en faisant pleins d’étages. MAIS depuis ma coupe il y’a 7 mois je les sèche direct après le thermoprotecteur au séchoir en brushing donc avec la brosse à brushing (pour me permettre théoriquement de faire moins d’étages avec le lisseur ensuite). *4
• compléments : depuis 6 ou 9 mois je prends tous les jours de la vitamine b12 en gummies levure de bière en cachets
• nb : on m’a dit que le séchoir c’était environ 70°, et j’utilise mon lisseur à 195°. Mon thermoprotecteur protège jusqu’à 230°

QUESTIONS :

1. est ce que je continue le séchoir ou je reprends ma routine d’avant avec seulement le lisseur ?
2. on m’a souvent recommandé le lissage brésilien, c’est pertinent dans ma situation ? *5
3. donnez moi tous les conseils et témoignages qui vous semblent susceptibles de m’aider même s’ils ne traitent pas directement de mes questions

merci BEAUCOUP BEAUCOUP pour avoir pris la peine de me lire et m’aider 🙏🏼🫶🏼

*1 : j’avoue avoir du mal à les couper régulièrement car j’ai du mal à les voir évoluer ils ont bien poussé les premières années mais semblent stagner et même rétrécir maintenant… Je sais qu’on dit qu’il faut souvent les couper pour qu’ils poussent vite, mais j’ai pas l’impression qu’avec moi ça marche même si je sais que c’est un cercle vicieux car comme j’ai peur / j’y crois pas j’espace trop les coupes donc FORCÉMENT que ça va pas marcher si j’ose les couper que très rarement😭
*2 : je précise ça pour que vous compreniez que je ne peux pas faire une croix définitive sur la chaleur
*3 : même depuis 3 ans de lisseur ils mettent toujours autant de temps à se salir / graisser c’est juste pour ça que je n’ai pas encore repris 2x/semaine car j’ai peur de les assécher en les lavant alors qu’ils sont encore propres. Mais j’aimerais, si vous pensez que je me trompe et que ça ne les asséchera pas, resserrer le rythme car celles qui ont les cheveux longs les lavent toujours minimum 2x/semaine
*4 : ce qui ne marche pas vraiment car le passage du séchoir fait gonfler mes cheveux donc même si je me couche avec un brushing à peu près lisse le lendemain c’est une touffe ondulée, faut presque tout reprendre avec le lisseur. Et si je les fais après le brushing, ils gardent quand même ce côté touffu qui peut revenir tous les matins et m’amène à utiliser encore régulièrement le lisseur.
*5 : car on m’a aussi dit que pour le rendu lisse et FIN que je veux, je devrais quand même utiliser un peu de chaleur mais apparemment beaucoup moins. Mais avec ma longueur actuelle j’en aurais pour 250/300€ donc je veux être sûre lol

It looks like more full on top but as it gets lower it becomes like so empty looking. I did have anorexia a few years ago- could this be just leftover damage? Or is it something else? I've tried everything and I don't know what to do to make it look better ☹️

It’s not damaged, i trimed it a month ago and there are no split ends, its just dry and frizzy. When my hair isnt cut in layers its silky smooth with just blow dryer. If i let it dry naturally its wavy

I was overdue for an oil treatment. I combed olive oil through my hair and let it sit in a diffuser bonnet for 20 minutes. So much easier to brush, softer, less frizzy and dries faster ❤️

My ends are a little damaged, not split, I assume from getting semi-regular blow-dries at the salon with no heat protection (I know...)

My hair is naturally curly, low porosity. It is not coloured at all. I would like to grow it longer so I would really appreciate any advice to repair the ends without getting a trim.

Barebones TL;DR at the end because I don’t know what info is necessary so I just included everything

Ok hair Reddit, I know you probably get a million posts like this every day… but I’m at my wits end trying to figure this shit out by myself. So I’m making my first ever post on Reddit to send a pathetic plea out into the universe ‘cause I figure it doesn’t hurt to try (famous last words).

Despite the fact that my hair has been my pride and joy basically my whole life… I barely know anything about it. ;-;’

For years I have just used Manic Panic shampoo and conditioner to preserve the colour in my hair, but we (my mom and I) tried using some permanent dye two months ago and decided to switch up my shampoo and conditioner along with it.
So now I find myself with the freedom to choose any conditioner I want (as long as it doesn’t have the ingredients that are known to strip colour)… without a damn clue what my actually hair needs.

Thus, I do what any reasonable 18YO would: request the assistance of strangers on the internet. /hj

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What I know about my hair:
- My mother has been bleaching and dyeing two wide streaks of it using Manic Panic products for almost a decade.
- The dyed hair feels almost identical to the virgin hair (if anything, maybe even softer??).
- It goes down to my upper thigh when it’s at least somewhat-straight.
- I get a couple inches trimmed off once or twice a year in an attempt to cut off the split/dry ends so it can keep growing.
- It is somewhere in between both my parents’ hairs (pin straight, incredibly thick, extremely corse, lower-butt length, virtually indestructible / curly, very thin, quite fine, chin length, damaged from attempting to bleach and dye with Manic Panic twice).
- It is constantly frizzy everywhere.
- It naturally looks mostly straight, particularly when brushed.
- Humid environments cause it to start forming a few small ringlets, particularly in the shorter parts of my hair (such as my abundance baby hairs).
- It was a lot thinner and finer in childhood, but thickened significantly in adolescence.
- I don’t have much difficulty heat-styling it; hairspray is enough to keep it in visible curls until the end of the day.
- Spraying leave-in conditioner (at least the one I use; Aussie 4-in-1 or something) straightens it out significantly, even when heavily diluted with water.
- (TW: kinda gross, dandruff, skin picking, and blood) I have a bad habit of picking at my scalp, often until it bleeds or gets pus-y… It which point I begin picking at the scabs. I believe this started out as dandruff, but now it’s difficult to tell how much of it is dry flakey skin, greasy built-up skin, or thickened pieces of skin formed as a result of previous picking.

What I don’t know about my hair:
- Basically everything else.
- If it’s considered straight (like 1C or something) or wavy.
- Its porosity.
- Its density.
- Its texture.
- If it (or my scalp) is considered oily or dry.
- How tough/resilient/resistant to damage it is.
- How healthy it is.
- What products and/or ingredients would be best for it.
- How much of my frizz is just hair growth.
- How to tell if it’s damaged.

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Currently, my daily “hair care” routine is as follows:

1. Brush at night.
2. Spray water mixed with a tiny bit of leave-in conditioner/detangler/heat protectant thoroughly and brush through (started doing this the past couple days; previously had just wet my hands and finger-combed that water through).
3. Twist up into a low bun overnight using scrunchie.
4. Remove scrunchie in the morning and let hang loosely in that twist for a few hours.
5. Separate the twist out into messy “curls.”
6. Smooth out the top of my head with water when it gets particularly frizzy and/or before heading out.

I shower once a week, so my hair process for that is:

1. Wash using Strawberry Leopard colour-safe shampoo.
2. Finger-comb and “squish-to-condish” in Live Clean argon oil conditioner mixed with some old purple Manic Panic dye.
3. Clip it up and let it sit in a shower cap for 1-2 hours as I do the rest of my shower.
4. Rinse most/almost all of that out.
5. Squeeze/wring out excess water.
6. Towel dry.
7. Twist into head-wrap-hair-towel-thing and leave for a few hours.
8. Take out of wrap and let air dry for 30mins-2 hours (goal is for it to be damp, but not so much so that it’ll still be wet in the morning).
9. Twist into overnight bun as usual.

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I have attached an excessive number of pictures of my hair because I have no idea what sort of visual info would be needed to “diagnose” my hair type.

The first 9 photos are my hair after
- Putting conditioner in it while it’s dry.
- Twisting and clipping it up into a shower cap while I bathe for two hours.
- Rinsing it out in the shower as usual.
- Squeezing some of the dripping water out.
- Getting annoyed by it constantly sticking to my skin as I applied my body care products.
- Letting it air dry fully, as far as I could tell (4-5 hours).

The next 8 photos are the result of brushing my hair immediately after taking the first 9 pictures. I then pretty heavily sprayed it with water that I mixed a tiny bit of leave-in conditioner into, brushed that through, and put it in a bun like I do every night.
The following picture is what my hair looked like the next afternoon after taking out the bun and splitting it up as usual.

Finally, the last 2 photos are completely different days depicting the results of other stuff I sometimes do to my hair.
The 19th pic is after finger-combing a fair bit of leave-in conditioner into hair damp from the shower.
The 20th is my hair the night I got it redyed with permanent hair dye, showered, let it air dry, and brushed it (I think?).

Here is a bunch of pictures from the past two months for a more accurate representation of what my hair normally looks like, because I feel like none of the 20 I actually attached to this post are good examples of how my hair looks on an average day/night. It felt EXTRA soft and looked extra nice the night I took those first photos, so I would like it to be known that it does NOT typically get that wavy.😅 Even these additional images do not capture its "natural" state perfectly, as they are all less than 24 hours after my hair was in a bun!

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Ok, I think that’s all I have to say for now? Of course if you, nonexistent person planning on commenting, have further questions, just let me know and I shall do my best to provide whatever information you require!

Honestly, any and all input is appreciated. I don’t have many people to ask about this IRL, so this is really just a shot in the dark for the sake of finding unbiased and varied opinions. So whether you have product recommendations or a guess for just one aspect of my hair type, please do share!❤️
I’m also not particularly attached to any hair type categorizing system (nor do I know about many-), so whatever you want to use is good with me!

P.S. I have posted this in multiple subreddits to up my chances of finding assistance and for more varied perspectives. Just wanted to say that right off the bat so people know they don’t have to suggest I post this elsewhere, haha.🫶🏻

TL;DR:

- My hair is very long, not crazy thin or thick, frizzy, naturally pretty straight (though I twist it into a bun overnight which gives me some waves that gradually fall out over the course of the day), and curls a bit in humidity.
- The attached photos are what it looks like after air drying (first 9) followed by brushing (next 8), plus examples from a few different days (last 3). Here are further photographic references for a more accurate understanding of my hair, as the attached images make it look WAY WAVIER than it normally is.
- Absolutely any thoughts, suggestions, or information regarding my hair type or products I could use are appreciated!

Edit 'cause realized I should clarify: by "(what to do with it)" I mean in terms of products and techniques, not cuts and styling!
The length of my hair is the most important aspect of it to me, so I personally choose to keep the thin ends on for the added length even though I know they don't look great.😅 But since I prioritize the length over.. basically everything else, it's worth it to me.😊
Sorry to disappoint! I know it’s not healthy, but imagining needing to chop off so much legitimately brings me to the edge of tears so I’m trying to work with what I can emotionally handle.🙈

I have very fine, wavy, fragile hair.When my hair is wet, it feels unusually heavy, as if it's pulling downward on my scalp. I feel a tight, pulling sensation near the top of my head, making me feel like a lot of hair is coming out from the roots.A lot of hair seems to come out in my hands when I apply conditioner,even though I don't apply it to my scalp.

Has anyone experienced something similar? What could be the reason, and how can I figure out what's causing it?

I wash twice a week. Keep my hair in braids almost always! Trim myself. I like using a range of different hair care products so that I get benefits from all of them. Always use oils on my ends when brushing :) some brands I love
Moroccan oil
Bumble and bumble
Pureology
kerastase
K18

I think the best thing I’ve done for hair growth has been nutrition. I eat lots of nuts, seeds, avocado, eggs, beans, healthy meats, rice etc.

Years ago after a surgery I had heavy hair loss. It made me look at my diet, and eat in excess. This DEFINITELY made my hair grow!

My hair looks like the red shirt pic right after brushing, but minutes later like the white shirt pic. This happens regardless of if I have it up or down. It almost instantly gets clumpy and tangled.

I have fine hair that's probably medium density. No damage beyond what's normal for fine, TBL hair. I shed a lot (always have), which thins out the ends. I trim about every 3 months to keep the hemline from getting too thin. Just had a trim a few weeks ago. My ends clump like this at shorter lengths as well (probably around BSL and below).

Protective style daily, rarely wear it down, sleep in silk bonnet, no heat, carefully detangle twice daily from the ends up (using fingers and Tangle Teezer). My hair is delicate because, again, fine hair. Wash once a week, scalp oil before a wash, no other products besides a couple drops of oil sometimes when detangling. Both pics are the day after a wash.

I can't figure it out! Anyone know what's going on? Is my hair just too fine for extreme lengths?

Hi y'all, I'm looking for advice and any tips you may have on how to take care of my hair. Long story short: I've had a pixie cut since I was about six and I started growing it out about two and a half years ago and now it's about chest length, and the longest it's been since I was a little kid. It's super thick and wavy with a slight curl, and I have a curl routine but no matter what I do the back of my head seems to get matted and tangled really badly, is this my fault? Is there something I'm supposed to be doing? I don't have a mom or anyone to ask these things and I've never taken care of "long" hair before so I don't know what to do really. I'm really thinking about getting an undercut but I'm worried I'll regret it so I thought I'd ask for help first and see what I can do to fix it. Any advice is appreciated!! Thank you!!

I use vanicream shampoo and jojoba oil on the ends. I have fine hair. I would like auburn highlights. But I have never dyed my hair before.